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1Y0. 355,542. 3 Patented Jan. 4, 1887.

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PATENT OFFICE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,542, dated January 4, 1887.

Application filed September 20, 1886. Serial No. 2l4,02 0. (No model.)

T0. aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TARGE G. MANDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stoughton, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refer 'euce being had to the accompanying drawings,

' anism detached and separated.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to devices for looking end-gates for wagon-boxes; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a mechanism, in which a plate is secured sliding upon theendgate, at the free end of the same, which plate may be slid out to enter a groove in the side piece of the box for the purpose of holding the gate in place, the said plate being of the same length as the edge of the gate, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the bottom of the box, and the numerals 2 indicate the side pieces, while 3 indicates the gate, one end of which fits ina groove, 4, formed in the end of the side piece, preferably by two vertical cleats, 5, while the other end of the gate may just slide by two other vertical cleats, 6, upon the end of the other side'piece, the said cleats forming a groove for the reception of the sliding locking-plate 7, which will be more fully described.

The locking-plate is preferably used in endgates consisting of the lower gate having the plate andlan upper gate, 8, having its ends sliding and fitting in the grooves, and secured by means of a transverse rod,9, passing through the side pieces of the wagon-box and through portions of the gate. V

The side pieces of the body are braced, so as to hold them in a vertical plane and form true bearings for the end-gates and the lockingplate, by means of strips 10 and 1l,having their lower screw-threaded and nutted ends inserted through the end cleat of the bottom of the box, one of these strips being secured to the outer side of the side piece and the other being secured to the inner side, and these strips will hold the side pieces firmly in place, preventing them from getting out of thevertical plane,

which is desirable for the purpose of having true and free bearings for the end-gate and its locking-plate.

- The free end of the end-gate is formed with a horizontal rib, 12, upon the outer face, and a T-shaped plate, 13, is formed with a hori-' zontal recess, 14, in the inner face, with which recess it slides upon the rib.

The cross-head of the locking-plate is vertical and of the same length as the edge of the gate, and the shank of the plate is formed with a wide vertical slot, 15, in which an eccentric cam-disk, 16, may fit and slide. The cam-disk is secured upon the inner face of a circular 'plate, 17, having a handle, 18, and pivoted disk being pivoted eccentricall y upon the bolt.

The plate sliding upon the rib upon the gate and the eccentric cam-disk being pivoted to The groove for the reception of the edge of V the locking-plate may be dispensed with, the locking-plate being brought to bear with its edge with sufficient forceagainst the face of the side piece to bind against the same and hold the gate locked.

The edge of thelocking-plate may be formed with serrations or projecting points for the purpose of giving it a better bite, and numer- [horizontal rib secured to one end, a plate having a horizontal recess upon its inner face and having a vertical slot, a cam-disk within said slot, a circular plate, a bolt, and a handle.

. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TARGE G. MANDT.

Vitnesses:

WM. SEOHER, AUGUST PETERSON. 

